Mosvik is a former municipality in the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

county in Norway. The municipality was part of the Innherred region. The municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2012. The old municipality encompassed the southern part of what is now the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county. The municipality was located along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden and on the southwestern end of the Beitstadfjorden. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality was the village of Mosvik where Mosvik Church is located. Other villages located near the village of Mosvik include

Trongsundet Trongsundet is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Verrasundet, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about northeast of the village of Verrabotn (in Verran municipality) and about s ...

, Framverran, Venneshamn, and Kjerringvik. Until 1991, the connection from Mosvik municipality to the rest of the Innherred region was only available by a car ferry, at first via Ytterøya to Levanger, but later directly to Inderøy on the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry route. In 1991, the Skarnsund Bridge on Norwegian County Road 755 was completed, eliminating the need for a ferry. Mosvik features two of Norway's 23 tallest structures: the Skavlen transmitter television and radio transmitter at and the Skarnsund Bridge at . The Skarnsund bridge was opened by King Harald V on 19 December 1991, after he had taken the last ferry across the fjord. A monument, the King's Stone, bearing the signature of the king, is located at the resting place on the Mosvik side.

History

The municipality of Mosvik was established on 1 January 1901 when the old municipality of Mosvik og Verran was divided into two new municipalities: Mosvik (population: 969) in the southeast and

Verran Verran is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was divided between Steinkjer Municipality and Indre Fosen Municipality. It was part of the Innherred region ...

(population: 1,456) in the north and west. During the 1960s, there were many municipal changes across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1968, the Framverran area on the south side of the Verrasundet strait (population: 395) was transferred from

municipality to Mosvik municipality. On 1 January 2012, the municipality of Mosvik ceased to exist when it was merged into the neighboring municipality of Inderøy. Prior to the merger, Mosvik had 811 residents.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was ''Masarvík''. The first element is the

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of the river name ''Mǫs'' (now Mossa) and the last element (Old Norse: ''Vík'') is identical with the word ''vik'' which means "

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" or " cove". The name has historically been spelled ''Mosviken''.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms for Mosvik was from modern times; they were granted on 13 July 1984. The arms show the letter M, the initial of the municipality. At the same time, the two green triangles symbolize the many forests in the municipality.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

had one parish ''(sokn)'' within the municipality of Mosvik. It was part of the

Nord-Innherad prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(

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) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The municipality was located south of the Skarnsund strait with the main Trondheimsfjord to the east and the Verrasundet strait to the west. The municipality of Leksvik was located to the south. The lake Meltingvatnet lies along the Leksvik border.

Government

The municipal council of Mosvik was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Notable residents

Gunnar Viken Gunnar Johannes Viken (born 9 July 1948 in Levanger) is a Norwegian dairy farmer and politician for the Conservative Party. Since 2007 he has been county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality. Viken has been a member of the Nord-Trønde ...

(born 1948) former County mayor, raised on a family farm in Mosvik *

Petter Northug Petter Northug Jr. (born 6 January 1986) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and double Olympic champion. He won a total of 13 World Championship and two Winter Olympic gold medals with 20 medals overall (two gold, one silver and one bronze ...

(born 1986 in Framverran) a Norwegian former

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

and double Olympic champion *

Tomas Northug Tomas Northug (born 19 April 1990) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He was born in Mosvik, and is the middle brother of Petter Northug and Even Northug Even Northug (born 26 September 1995) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He competed a ...

(born 1990 in Mosvik) a Norwegian cross-country skier *

Even Northug Even Northug (born 26 September 1995) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, finishing ninth in the sprint race. In the U23 class he competed at the 2016 and 2018 World Junior Championships, cla ...

(born 1995) a Norwegian cross-country skier

References

External links

* * {{authority control Inderøy Former municipalities of Norway 1901 establishments in Norway 2012 disestablishments in Norway